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AI
Reporting on artificial intelligence, models, infrastructure, deployment, and policy.
Robotics
Reporting on robotics, automation systems, industrial deployment, and machine intelligence.
Drones
Reporting on drones, aerial systems, autonomy, mapping, inspection, and flight operations.
Space & Satellites
Reporting on launch systems, satellites, orbital infrastructure, and space-based services.
Wearables
Reporting on wearables, smart glasses, sensors, and next-generation consumer devices.
Latest Stories
Image AI models now drive app growth, beating chatbot upgrades
Appfigures finds visual model launches generate 6.5x more downloads – but most don't convert that spike into revenue.
Elon Musk's only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Elon Musk's only expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race | TechCrunch
Dara Khosrowshahi on replacing Uber drivers – and himself – with AI
Today, I'm talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. It's become something of an annual tradition to have Dara join us in the studio when he comes to New York for Uber's big GO-GET….
Earlier Stories
The creator of Roomba is back with a furry robot companion
Colin Angle, the maker of the Roomba and the man who helped put 50 million household robots into people's homes, is back with a new robot. But this one is designed as a companion,….
Uber wants to turn its millions of drivers into a sensor grid for self-driving companies
Praveen Neppalli Naga, Uber's chief technology officer, revealed the plan in an interview at TechCrunch's StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, describing it as a na…
Robot dogs with Elon Musk heads roam Berlin gallery in Beeple's new exhibit
Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after famous figures like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are roaming a Berlin museum. They occasionally "poo" printed images o…
SpeakOn's dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations
SpeakOn's dictation device is a good idea marred by platform limitations | TechCrunch
Ace the Ping-Pong Robot Can Whup Your Ass
Ace can read the trajectory of a ball, adjust the racket angle, and respond with strokes that keep the exchange alive with real players.
Milestone for machines: Robot beating human pros at table tennis…
A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the…
Watch Sony's elite ping-pong robot beat top-ranked players
Humans have been building ping-pong playing robots for decades, such as Omron's FOREPHUS that challenged amateur competitors at CES 2017. What sets Ace apart from the rest is that….
A Humanoid Robot Set a Half-Marathon Record in China
An autonomous robot from the company Honor ran a half marathon in 50:26, beating the human record by 7 minutes.
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